Water Quality Legend

Current Status

Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

Historical Status

When swimming season is over or when a beach's water quality data has not been updated frequently enough (weekly) it goes into historical status. This means that rather than displaying current data it displays the beach's average water quality for that year.

Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

Special Status

We may manually set the status for a specific beach if we have concerns about the sampling protocol, if there is an emergency, if monitoring practices don't exist or have recently changed, or other reasons that render this site "special."

Green means the beach has historically excellent or pristine water quality, but there is no current data.

Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.

See the beach description for more information regarding their special status.

Anaura Bay South Camp

Recent and ongoing rejuvenation projects are making this 2km long sandy beach even more beautiful. Swimmers are encouraged to go a little further north as run off from surrounding farmlands have contaminated water at the lagoon close to here. There is a permanent boil water advisory at the campground. Amenities at the campground include showers, children's play area, toilets and community kitchen.

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Meets water quality standards

Estado Actual

This status is based on the latest sample, taken on Enero 14th, 2019. Swim Guide NZ updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on at

The Gisborne District Council measures water quality at 14 coastal beaches from November to March.

Marine water is tested weekly for enterococci levels.

The council issues an AMBER alert if a single sample level of enterococci are greater than 140 units /100 ml of water. Daily testing would occur to determine if the problem is ongoing. When two consecutive results show Enterococci levels higher than 280 units /100ml of water warnings are posted. Signs will also be posted at beaches and until water levels return to a safe level.

Anaura Bay South Camp

This status is based on the latest sample, taken on Enero 14th, 2019. Swim Guide NZ updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on at

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Recent and ongoing rejuvenation projects are making this 2km long sandy beach even more beautiful. Swimmers are encouraged to go a little further north as run off from surrounding farmlands have contaminated water at the lagoon close to here. There is a permanent boil water advisory at the campground. Amenities at the campground include showers, children's play area, toilets and community kitchen.

The Gisborne District Council measures water quality at 14 coastal beaches from November to March.

Marine water is tested weekly for enterococci levels.

The council issues an AMBER alert if a single sample level of enterococci are greater than 140 units /100 ml of water. Daily testing would occur to determine if the problem is ongoing. When two consecutive results show Enterococci levels higher than 280 units /100ml of water warnings are posted. Signs will also be posted at beaches and until water levels return to a safe level.